Inoculate

[ɪ'nɒkjʊleɪt] or [ɪ'nɑkjə'let]

Definition

(verb.) impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune.

(verb.) insert a bud for propagation.

(verb.) introduce a microorganism into.

(verb.) introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of; 'My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs'.

Typist: Melba--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant.

(v. t.) To insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree.

(v. t.) To communicate a disease to ( a person ) by inserting infectious matter in the skin or flesh; as, to inoculate a person with the virus of smallpox,rabies, etc. See Vaccinate.

(v. t.) Fig.: To introduce into the mind; -- used especially of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate one with treason or infidelity.

(v. i.) To graft by inserting buds.

(v. i.) To communicate disease by inoculation.

Edited by Claudette

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Bud.[2]. Vaccinate.

Edited by Edward

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Impregnate, indoctrinate, tinge, insert, imbue, instil, ingrain, ingraft

ANT:Disabuse, unteach, prune, divest

Checked by Gregory

Definition

v.t. to insert a bud for propagation: to engraft: to communicate disease by inserting matter in the skin.—v.i. to propagate by budding: to practise inoculation.—adj. Inoc′ulable.—n. Inoculā′tion act or practice of inoculating: insertion of the buds of one plant into another: the communication of disease to a healthy subject by the introduction of a specific germ or animal poison into his system by puncture or otherwise.—adjs. Inoculā′tive Inoculā′tory.—n. Inoc′ulator.

Checker: Roy